Letter to the Editor: Dublin’s dominance an own goal for the GAA

The headings on the pages of Monday’s newspapers proclaimed Dublin’s record ninth provincial title in a row. That together with the possibility they will win five in a row in the All-Ireland championship is symptomatic of the lack of awareness of the danger to the amateur status of the GAA that the present Dublin situation poses.

The GAA is based on the ideal of people playing for their local area and county no matter how successful or unsuccessful the area or county is. The present situation, however, sees an area of the country comprising four counties — Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, South Dublin and Fingal — with a population of 1.3m and access to almost limitless resources.